Go Legend

  Chapter 70 An opponent who is not easy to evaluate

   "Little friend Xiangping, after you have determined your opponent in the past, you always have to give me a detailed introduction to your opponent, but why didn't you introduce it today?"

   Li Xiangping smiled bitterly: "Brother Ding'an, it's not that I don't want to introduce it, but the situation of this opponent is a bit special. I'm afraid that my description is not accurate, and I will mislead brother Ding'an in the end."

   "Oh? Why is that?"

  Li Xiangping didn't immediately reply to his question about cheating, because he didn't talk nonsense just now. Facing the next opponent, Kato Masao Jiuduan, he really doesn't know how to describe it now.

Mr. Kato, who was born in 1947, is now 53 years old. Well, if this is in the era of later generations, when he was "a veteran in his 20s, and he started playing "Happy Go" in his 30s, there would be nothing to say about such an opponent. , it must be a sign on the list.

However, Li Xiangping knows that such views or ideas are inappropriate in this era, especially in the history of Go in Japan and even in the history of Go in the world as an important label. Slow down and save fresh food

It is difficult for chess fans in later generations to understand why Japanese chess players have such a long career life in this era, especially the six super-classes in Japan, from the eldest Hero Otake who can win the world championship at the age of 50 to the youngest Zhao Zhixun in his 60s. Years old can also win titles in the country.

  There is a saying in later generations that the reason why Japanese chess players can live so long is mainly due to the low level of Go in the past era and the lack of fierce competition.

   But to be honest, Li Xiangping does not agree with this statement at all, he thinks this statement is a bit too taken for granted, just like the "evolution theory" and "technical accumulation" in the Go world, there is no basis at all.

I won't talk about the "level" here. After all, the level of Go in different periods cannot be compared very accurately at all. You have 100 reasons to think that the level of later generations is higher, but opponents may be able to find 101 reasons to argue The level of later generations is even lower.               suffocating Wei Wen         Qin 郬  .

Just saying "the competition in the past was not fierce enough" is obviously untenable. In fact, since the late 1970s, the competition in the Japanese chess world has been fierce enough. At that time, they were only nine dan. There are more than 90, and the peak period was close to 400 professional chess players.

   Still the same sentence, regardless of the level of the overall level, so many chess players compete for only a few titles, is this competition not fierce enough?

Mr. Lin Haifeng once said that every time he played a "two-day" game, he almost lost several pounds. Pirates of fishy, ​​woody, and so on.

   To tell the truth, compared with "the past era", Li Xiangping thinks that the competition in the chess world in later generations is really not fierce enough. The reason is very simple, because the "premature aging" phenomenon of later generations of chess players is too serious.

  Because of premature aging, many talented chess players have just had a little understanding of Go and immediately retired to the second-tier profession. Because of premature aging, Go, an intellectual game, will become a game of physical strength and energy in later generations.

   Of course, you will sweat in a physical competition, and to a certain extent, it is also called hard work, but a physical competition must be a fierce competition in intelligence?

   It is precisely because of this reason that Li Xiangping never believed in any "evolution theory".

He thinks that the "premature aging" of later generations of chess players is really not because the competition is more intense, which is a bit harsher, but because the conditions of later generations are better. After many chess players become famous, they do not need to persist in the practice of chess. You can live well by winning chess.

   This is actually the main cause of premature aging!

  From Chang Hao to Gu Dali, and even Li Changhao of South Korea, they all gave up first in their own hearts, which made them unable to persevere on the front line. The so-called fiercer competition is just an excuse made by these people for their premature aging.

   Well, maybe Li Xiangping's views are "non-mainstream", but it is precisely his "non-mainstream" views that make him really dare not look down on his opponent in the next round, Mr. Kato.

  Although among Japan's "Six Super Leagues", Mr. Kato is the only non-world champion and seems to be the weakest one.

   Although Mr. Kato's peak period seems to be in the distant late 70s to the first half of the 80s, it has been 20 years since now.

  Although Mr. Kato is a famous "green leaf" in the Go world, because the most famous games of his career seem to be the background of others. For example, in the 5th game of Japan's second "chess holy war" final, he was slaughtered by his opponent with a hundred-eyed giant dragon in a 3-1 lead, and in one fell swoop, he achieved the "hundred-eyed killing chess game" of the old **** Fujisawa.

   For example, in the 3rd China-Japan Go Tournament, as the main general, he was defeated by Lao Nie, which achieved Lao Nie's historical status in one fell swoop, and even achieved Chinese Go in one fell swoop.

Although the current Mr. Kato has served as a director of the Nippon Chess Institute, he has devoted a lot of energy to promoting the reform of the Nippon Chess Institute. Even his current health is not very good, because in real history, he will suffer from a cerebral hemorrhage as long as 4 years pass. And passed away.

   However, despite so many "though", Li Xiangping still dare not underestimate the current Mr. Kato.

   The reason is very simple, because the current Mr. Kato, his competitive state is really amazing.

Li Xiangping is right, in real history, in the last few years of Mr. Kato's life, it was really a small climax of his career, although it could not be compared with the peak period of his "Throne" nine consecutive tyrants Yes, but it was also a highlight of his career.

Needless to say, Gu Dali, the "new king" who has just won China's victory, has just won the right to challenge in Japan's longest-running "Honinbo War", and Li Xiangping knows that if history does not change, he will become Next year's "Beninfang", a "Beninfang" in his 50s.

   Not only that, in recent years, Li Canghao has dominated the world chess world, and it can be said that he is completely dominated the world. However, in last year's "Fujitsu Cup", he once lost a game to Kato Masao.

   is the kind of real total defeat! Because Li Xiangping was still learning chess at that time, he was very impressed. In the game at that time, Kato seemed to have returned to the peak, fully restored to the style of the "Shen Fiend Star" back then, in the fierce confrontation, Old Kato took a very covert step and killed Li Canghao and a few chess elites, forcing him to admit defeat in the middle of the game in less than 150 moves.

"By the way, Brother Ding'an, this opponent likes to attack and kill in his early years, and has a super strong ability to calculate straight lines. When he was young, he was known as the "Kingman" and "Tiansha Xing" in the chess world. After entering middle age, this However, the style of chess has changed, and it has become more delicate. In a certain domestic chess battle, this person won 3 to 2, and the 3 games he won only won one and a half games in total, so it is also called "" Guanzi Kato" and "Hammu Kato". Faced with such an opponent, I don't know how to give you advice. Brother Ding'an, you can decide everything by yourself."

   "Oh? Hehe, such an opponent is also interesting, that's fine, I'll just figure it out myself."

  After a day's rest, the "Samsung Cup" top 16 battle continued in the Chinese Chess Academy.

  Shi Daqi, who is hundreds of years old, and Mr. Kato, who is in his 50s, what kind of chess game will they create?

   (end of this chapter)